>>15935245I would be willing to accept Shaymin over Cresselia, but Manaphy fits the bill far better.
Both of them:
>cute and small>100s in each statOnly manaphy:
>chibby fairy build, not an animal>doesn't have an alternate form/special gimmick>a type that hadn't already been used for the token Mew>If you buy the Wu Xing bullshit, fits waterYou could claim Phione is kind of a gimmick, but that's more separate from Manaphy, whereas the alternate form is completely pattern breaking
